Hi,
Shopping for a used Subaru, maybe a Forester, and went for two test drives today at a Subaru dealer (see my other thread in this forum for surprising details). The sales person invited himself along today. I have also gone for test drives at another area Subaru dealer and was given the keys for a solo test drive with no ride along.
On the test drives with this sales guy today, on three different occasions, he sort of would mildly panic and get bug eyed and say watch out and stuff like that. Not yelling or jumping or anything... but still.
I've been driving for more than a decade, have driven across North America nearly ten different times, and regularly drive with many other people who don't show the least bit of adverse reaction whatsoever while I'm driving. I just finished giving three people a ride to a conference last weekend without the slightest bit of fear from anyone on board. Today, I picked up on the guy's nervousness right away and drove very tenderly from the start and all throughout the test drives.
I'm wondering what you would do to find out more about these cars, because I felt like I couldn't drive them the way I would normally do (without a nervous sales person in my passenger seat)! :biggrin:
I've thought of asking the pre-owned sales manager about either asking for another sales person to ride along (a younger one?) or else to have a solo test drive, but I wonder if it'd raise red flags with them and they'd think I'm an aggressive driver or something?
J
Shopping for a used Subaru, maybe a Forester, and went for two test drives today at a Subaru dealer (see my other thread in this forum for surprising details). The sales person invited himself along today. I have also gone for test drives at another area Subaru dealer and was given the keys for a solo test drive with no ride along.
On the test drives with this sales guy today, on three different occasions, he sort of would mildly panic and get bug eyed and say watch out and stuff like that. Not yelling or jumping or anything... but still.
I've been driving for more than a decade, have driven across North America nearly ten different times, and regularly drive with many other people who don't show the least bit of adverse reaction whatsoever while I'm driving. I just finished giving three people a ride to a conference last weekend without the slightest bit of fear from anyone on board. Today, I picked up on the guy's nervousness right away and drove very tenderly from the start and all throughout the test drives.
I'm wondering what you would do to find out more about these cars, because I felt like I couldn't drive them the way I would normally do (without a nervous sales person in my passenger seat)! :biggrin:
I've thought of asking the pre-owned sales manager about either asking for another sales person to ride along (a younger one?) or else to have a solo test drive, but I wonder if it'd raise red flags with them and they'd think I'm an aggressive driver or something?
J